PLSCI 1300

PLSCI 1300

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course provides a comprehensive review of the modern food system from the green revolution to the industrialized model of today. It offers a critical perspective on existing paradigms and insights into alternative approaches for producing food security, environmental stewardship, and equity in an era of climate change. The course is taught by an interdisciplinary team of instructors who bring insights from both the biophysical and social sciences and will ask students to consider their food using a systems-thinking lens.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (BIOLS-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Comments CALS students who complete PLSCI 1300 will receive college distribution credit towards the Introductory Life Sciences/Biology requirement BIOLS-AG. CALS students who complete GDEV 1300 will receive distribution credit towards the Humanities/Social Sciences requirement for CA-AG or SBA-AG. After the last day of classes, students cannot switch the distribution requirement satisfied by this course.

Outcomes
  • Describe key concepts across disciplines and perspectives related to the food system, including relationships between food, human society (including politics and culture) and the non-human environment.
  • Describe some key historical and contemporary events, processes and concepts that have shaped the current food system.
  • Apply systems thinking to describe current key debates, concepts, trade-offs, and challenges in the food system from multiple perspectives.
  • Communicate factual aspects of the impact of climate change on global food system.
  • Evaluate assumptions and values about food systems that underpin one's own thinking and that of others, connect personal values and beliefs to diet and nutritional choices.
  • Apply and synthesize scientific evidence in support of arguments that address food systems research questions.
  • Analyze and critically evaluate food systems research results and policies for evidence-based assessments and ethical decision-making.
  • Engage in respectful dialogue, collaborative teamwork, and problem-solving with those of differing viewpoints and backgrounds.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: GDEV 1300

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2281 PLSCI 1300   LEC 001

    • MWF Morrison Hall B82
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bezner Kerr, R

      Rossi, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment preference given to Global Development majors.
    CALS students who complete PLSCI 1300 will receive college distribution credit towards the Introductory Life Sciences/Biology requirement BIOLS-AG. CALS students who complete DSOC 1300 will receive distribution credit towards the Humanities/Social Sciences requirement for CA-AG or SBA-AG. After the last day of classes, students cannot switch the distribution requirement satisfied by this course.

  •  2282 PLSCI 1300   LAB 401

    • R Morrison Hall B82
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bezner Kerr, R

      Rossi, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2283 PLSCI 1300   LAB 402

    • F Morrison Hall B82
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bezner Kerr, R

      Rossi, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person